September 22, 2009

JD Greear lays out a very helpful path for college students trying to figure out whether to focus their time and energy on campus ministry or the local church:

Some students will,
from the beginning, know they want to minister to kids, seniors, the poor,
etc., and that being involved in the ministries of their church will be a
better fit for that. That should not be discouraged or looked down upon! On the
other hand, some students are designed and called by God to focus more of their
ministry on their peers. They may always keep their Bible study and ministry
focus on campus and this is fine as well. This is how i was: not only for all
my years of college, but several years afterward as well, I led Bible studies
and ministry on campus. Students should be given freedom to explore their
ministry callings and plug into the ministries that best fit them.